FERRY SERVICE.
RANGATIRA LAUNCHED
Received April 17, 9 a.m. LONDON, April 16.
Lady Wilford launched the steamer Rangatira at the Vickers-Armstrong works at Barrow-in-Furness to-day.
Owing to the great depression in the shipbuilding industry it was considered that the ceremony should be as quiet as possible. The Rangatira is a twin screw, clec-trically-driven vessel, and will accommodate 720 first-class and 236 secondclass passengers. The steamer will bo used on the Wellington-Lyttelton ferry service.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 117, 18 April 1931, Page 2
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73FERRY SERVICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 117, 18 April 1931, Page 2
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